woofing

woof·ing
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US/ˈwʊfɪŋ/

noun

Act of one who woofs; barking.

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Meanings

woofing1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of woof
nounwoofing (plural woofings)

plural woofings

  1. Act of one who woofs; barking.

woofing2

nounwoofing (uncountable)

alternative wwoofing · alternative WWOOFing

  1. uncountableTravelling to places for the purpose of volunteering on an organic farm there.

    Ainsley for instance, a gap year student flying back to Newfoundland (Canada) after a year of backpacking and woofing (i.e., working in organic farms during her travel), insists on her being “very, very money conscious,” doing “everything very on budget,” via intensive research on the internet.

    2022, Weiqiang Lin, Jean-Baptiste Fretigny, editors, Low-Cost Aviation: Society, Culture and Environment, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 112

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
joningsigging

Origin

woofing · verb, noun

From woof + -ing.

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woofing · noun

After WWOOF (“World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms”), an organisation founded in 1971.

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APA

woofing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woofing

MLA

“woofing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woofing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woofing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woofing.

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